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show a tragic Greek hero. his prophecy stated that he kills his father and marries his mother, ultimately causing him to gouge his eyes out.  
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show king of Thebes, known for forcing eteocles and polyneices to kill each other then leave polyneices unburied, therefore causing the events of antigone  
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show queen of Thebes, known for being the wife and mother of Oedipus  
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show daughter of Oedipus, known for trying to help polyneices get a proper burial after Creon orders otherwise.  
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teiresias   show
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ismene   show
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show theban elders who summarize and comment on the last scene of the plays. they represent the voices of the city.  
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show a former servant of laios, giving insight of oedipus's prophecies and ultimately proving oedipus's prophecy true,  
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corinth   show
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laios   show
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polybos   show
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merope   show
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show son of king aegeus, known for going onto the Crete and slaying the minotaur in the labyrinth. king of athens in Oedipus at colonus  
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show son of oedipus. he is forced to kill his brother and Creon decrees that he shouldnt get a proper burial for betraying Thebes.  
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eteocles   show
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eurydice   show
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the furies   show
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nemesis   show
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dramatic irony   show
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show when something happens that is opposite of what is expected.  
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verbal irony   show
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motif   show
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suppliant   show
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show when the tragic hero in a play recognizes their wrongdoing or cause for their downfall.  
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show excessive pride  
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show the flaw in a character that causes their downfall.  
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allusion   show
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show a central idea or message in a piece of writing that typically teaches a lesson.  
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show the main character in a tragedy that faces a change in fortune, ultimately facing a downfall.  
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show an individual that can contact the gods and are able to tell prophecies.  
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show a prediction of the future.  
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show someone who can view the future; a prophet.  
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show to persuade an audience by using reasoning.  
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show to persuade an audience by using the speaker's credibility  
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show to persuade an audience by using emotional imagery  
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tragedy   show
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catharsis   show
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freytag's pyramid   show
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show the force of predetermined events for a person.  
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tyranny   show
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show an economic system in which properties and industry are controlled by a private owner  
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show a type of government in which citizens vote for a leader.  
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show a system in which people support and control economic and political beliefs.  
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in text citaitions   show
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conjuctions   show
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dependent clause vs independent clause   show
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complex vs compound sentences   show
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capitalization   show
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runon sententence vs incomplete/fragment sentneces   show
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show 1. topic sentence, 2. supporting evidence, 3. analysis, 4. concluding sentence.  
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apostrophe s vs plural s   show
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